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Sir Walter Raleigh: Being a True and Vivid Account of the Life and Times of the Explorer, Soldier, Scholar, Poet, and Courtier--The Contro (Paperback)

by Raleigh Trevelyan (Author)
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  • Paperback: 656 pages
  • Publisher: Owl Books (NY); 2 Reprint edition (Sep 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0805076980
  • ISBN-13: 978-0805076981
  • Product Dimensions: 22.1 x 14 x 4.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,486,809 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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As his name suggests, Raleigh Trevelyan is a distant relation of his biographical subject Sir Walter Raleigh. Perhaps that partly explains the dedication and hard work behind the brilliance of this vividly written and exhaustively researched biography of "a hero who was held out as a symbol of the Elizabethan Renaissance". Trevelyan manages to carefully revise the romantic myth of Raleigh, whilst also reminding his readers that "we cannot fail to be awed by the vastness of his aspirations."

Most people recognise Raleigh as the man who laid down his cloak for Queen Elizabeth and introduced tobacco into England. While both stories are far from the truth, Trevelyan points out that they both reveal defining elements of this flamboyant and extraordinary poet, courtier, soldier, explorer and politician. From relative obscurity Raleigh used his "vanity and ambition" to work his way into Queen Elizabeth's affections, embarking on a spectacular career putting down rebellion in Ireland, looting the Azores, founding the first English colonies in America, and setting sail twice in his search for the fabled El Dorado.

In England his judgement was less assured, and was often "embarrassingly cringing". He married for love and fell out with Elizabeth, and then proceeded to alienate the new king, James I, who threw him into the Tower of London, before finally executing him in 1618. Trevelyan concludes, "his performance on the scaffold was a great piece of theatre, but it is impossible not to be won over by it." This captures the spirit of this magnificent biography. Impeccable in its research and beautifully written, it captures the complex, multi-faceted nature of Sir Walter Raleigh. --Jerry Brotton --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Exciting historical figure made dull., 12 Jun 2003
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There are 2 sides to this book. The information provided is well researched and impressive and as good as one could hope. The presentation however is deadly dull. This is an enormous catalogue of facts thrown into one book with little emotion. This may suit some tastes, but not mine. I like biographers to be opinionated and back up their opinions with well thought out arguments. Raleigh was exciting. He was well ahead of his time in many of his ideas. He was slightly mad (all that potion making) and extremely dynamic. Yet reading this book you'd think he was quite dull. And those wonderful myth's are virtually ignored. The cloak episode is dismissed as probably untrue, and the introduction of tobacco as probably the work of Drake or Hawkins. They probably are untrue, but what was it about Raleigh's personality that got these myth's up and running? If you like your books to be crammed with a mass of historical facts, quotes from letters and excerpts from books then you will like this. If you like your books to come alive and to feel you are living alongside your character, then look elsewhere.
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